South Korea and Japan on Saturday vowed to stand united against North Korea ahead of a regional summit likely to press China over its reluctance to taken on Pyongyang over the sinking of a South Korean ship, AP reported.
Leaders of the three big (...)
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said on Saturday he wants to maintain the ruling coalition even after firing the leader of a small allied party from her cabinet post.
Mizuho Fukushima, ousted as consumer affairs minister on Friday, suggested (...)
Southeast Asian countries want to help bring North Korea back to denuclearization
talks and think a regional security gathering they will
host next month can play a role, Thailand's prime minister
said Monday.
Abhisit Vejjajiva said senior (...)
South Korea imposed heavy security Sunday for a summit with Southeast Asian leaders
following North Korean nuclear and missile tests that
frayed nerves across the region, Associated Press reported.
The summit was planned months ago, but North (...)
Asian and European finance ministers say that a slowdown in the United States,
tightened credit conditions and high energy and food prices
pose «downside risks» for the global economy.
They expressed that view Monday in a statement (...)
